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Salford city council’s cabinet has agreed to ask to public what they think of plans to expand MediaCityUK and Salford Quays with thousands of new homes. Proposals for 3,200 homes, 300 new hotel rooms and 800,000 sq ft of commercial space will be subjected to six weeks’ public consultation, starting on Wednesday October 18.

Former Manchester United academy coach Neil Wood believes Kobbie Mainoo will be analysing how he prevents spaces from opening up behind him following the victory over Liverpool on Sunday.

Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has returned to the world of football, having been a director at Salford City FC for most of this season.

Gary Neville will be making a non-football-related TV appearance on Thursday evening as he will be a guest dragon on the popular BBC show Dragon's Den.

When Andy Burton upped sticks to Ashton-in-Makerfield, he had no idea what to expect. Having grown up in inner city Salford before serving in the Army, he is a man who has seen a lot.

It was a moment that not only forever shattered the lives of one family but which rocked the region and left the policing community up and down the country in mourning.

Former Manchester United academy coach Neil Wood believes Kobbie Mainoo will take his game to the next level when his confidence in playing senior football grows.

Former Manchester United star Gary Neville invested in a local Manchester business during his guest appearance on Dragon’s Den. In Thursday’s episode (January 18), the TV pundit became the first famous face to join the BBC show as a guest Dragon.

Plans for the £200m redevelopment of the former Soapworks at Salford Quays - including 450 apartments and a gated commercial hub - have been submitted. They include three towers ranging in height from 10, 17 and 33 storeys which will take shape on land which is currently a car park next to Manchester Ship Canal on an 8.5-acre site.

Salford City have axed manager Neil Wood following a 5-1 home thumping by Tranmere Rovers on Boxing Day.

Celebrity investment in sports teams is en vogue right now and Manchester United could get their very own high-profile crossover after Sir Jim Ratcliffe was formally welcomed on board at Old Trafford.

Four tents appeared near the entrance of Salford’s town hall in apparent protest by homeless people. The tents appeared yesterday morning (Thursday December 21) as the city planning and transportation regulatory panel was taking place.

A dad-of-seven whose family are the last ones living in a now-derelict street has hit out at council chiefs who want to bulldoze his home. Demonique Wilson and his wife Thabo are locked in a bitter dispute with Salford town hall bosses over the value of his house which is set to be demolished to make way for a £250m regeneration project.

Plans for two apartment blocks totalling 204 homes in Salford’s major regeneration area are still under consultation with city planners. The scheme close to Middlewood Locks is a joint venture between the Canal and Rivers Trust and Bloc and has been branded H20.

More of Salford’s social housing is being moved into public ownership with 56 properties transferred to the city council’s property company. The authority’s property and regeneration committee approved the move for the properties at the former St Luke’s school site in the Weaste and Seedley ward on a 1,000-year lease for social and affordable rent.

Some 20 families from Afghanistan and Ukraine are to be housed in Salford under a resettlement scheme funded by the Government.

Manchester United return to action tonight with a point to prove against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup round of 16.

Neil Wood helped 17 academy players make their first-team debuts at Manchester United during his tenure at the club.

The latest addition to the quintet of business experts - former footballer Gary Neville - has had praised heaped on him following his debut on BBC hit Dragons' Den. Veteran dragon Deborah Meaden has revealed that the sporting commentator, 49, took to his brand new TV role like a duck to water, after he appeared as one of the celebrity guests earlier this year.

The owners of an iconic ballroom dating back more than 100 years say its future as a dance hall is assured, despite a planning application to turn part of the building into a house of multiple occupation (HMO). Fears were raised on social media that The Grand Palais in Swinton would close its doors when the proposals to convert part of the building to a five-bedroom HMO were posted on the Salford city council planning portal.

A desperate mother-of-two facing eviction was denied access to Salford council's lettings register on the grounds she was working from home - even though the policy disqualifying her on that basis was not yet active. 'Ms X' has had a complaint against Salford town hall - over the way it handled her application for housing - upheld by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

Plans to expand MediaCityUK and Salford Quays with thousands of new homes have been met with excitement - but not everyone is happy about the proposals.

Hundreds of people have slammed plans to build more than 300 'aspirational' homes on field's in a leafy Salford suburb. Property giant Peel L&P’s bid to launch the first phase of its development for land east of Boothstown on the doorstep of RHS Bridgwater is due to come up before the city’s planning councillors before the end of the year.

A moving tribute has been paid to an NHS boss ‘dedicated to improving the lives of people in Salford’ by the city’s ceremonial mayor. Coun Gina Reynolds was speaking in the wake of the passing of Steve Dixon, who until April this year was the chief delivery officer for the new Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.

A warning has been sent out over dodgy builders and roofers who may come knocking on doors in Salford. The city's trading standards team has sent out the alert after reports where vulnerable people have been targeted.

Parking restrictions are being imposed in a residential area close to Salford Quays as well as Ordsall Park - against the wishes of some living in the area.

A long-neglected footpath linking Salford with Manchester city centre is set to be transformed as part of the Bee Network at a cost of more than £150,000.

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Friday, August 18.

It's not every day you stroll around Salford Quays to find Manchester United legend Nicky Butt working in an ice cream van.

People living in one of the poorest areas in the country could benefit from a share of over £3million - as the local authority promises to help residents with the cost of living crisis.

Lionel Messi to Inter Miami is an open secret with the World Cup winner's move to Major League Soccer imminent.

Ethan Galbraith has joined League One side Leyton Orient following his departure from Manchester United.

Former Manchester United star Gary Neville and a business partner of Khloé Kardashian are to guest star on the next series of Dragons' Den.

It was heartbreak for Stockport County supporters as their team missed out on promotion in the cruellest of fashions.

A high heart rate in May is almost an annual tradition for Stockport County manager Dave Challinor.

Prime Video is training for 99, a documentary series about Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season in the later 1990s.